Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com

Sunday, November 10, 2013

When People Are Charged For Violent Crimes In North Minneapolis, JNS Blog Reveals Their Proud Thug Life On Facebook, That's Just How It WORKS...Who Do We Have Next? Oh, Yes, Glenn Smith, a/k/a Chief Chuck So Iicey (sic) Smith...

Facebook photo published under First Amendment Fair Comment andCriticism, and for public safety reasons, blog post by John Hoff

Beyond that, I'm not sure what can be done except document the pattern, which this blog does almost DAILY.

The photo above was described by Glenn Smith as "my team Guccciiiii." (Like that, with two c's and no less than FIVE letter i's) Wouldn't this blog love to know the actual names so I could determine if they have criminal records? The individuals on the far left and far right look very familiar. Can anybody provide further info?

Wow, check out all that money. That's enough for at least two people to buy one-way airline tickets to Chicago O'Hare airport, and have a nice lunch, even at airport prices. TWENTIES, baby. Those aren't tens or fives.

"Bands on bands," is what Glenn calls this photo. Wow, there is at least ONE hundred dollar bill in there. I'm thinking that's enough money for a deposit on a low-end apartment in CHICAGO, hint hint.

Here is one of Smith on crutches. Unknown how he received the injury, but judging by how proudly he is posing, one assumes gang violence.

Here is more injury, this time KNOWN to be from gang violence. Of this photo, Smith wrote "Look At My Left Ear nigga's can't fight so they bite." (Sic) Check out his right hand. What is the point of concealing a weapon in your baggy pants if you have to be touching it all the time to let everybody know it's there?

Here, doing the gang sign thing.

This "F*** GAY BLOCK WHAT IS A 72" thing appears a couple different ways on his Facebook. The words (note "double bird" hand gesture) are clearly directed at another gang. Where, I would like to know, is the business making money off these gang related shirts and hoodies? Point JNS blog in their direction, so I can heap my scorn upon them.

JNS blog says, "If you include any singles in your money shot, it just ruins the whole intended impact." As Glenn Smith himself would phrase it on Facebook, "How you ain't know?"

The image above appears to be an homage to somebody known as "Scoota," who was born September 2, 1992 and died August 26, 2012.

This is one of the earliest pictures of Glenn Smith. Note the absence of tattoos. Smith has been using Facebook for a number of years, accumulating a vast trove of photos, most of which are narcissistic self-portraits. He looks young and innocent in the photo, above, but he's already affecting gang-style clothing and gang-style poses. Where Smith ended up is the inevitable end of a path which starts with relatively innocent imitation of what the bigger kids are doing, as pictured above.

Here's another early photo, which Smith described as follows:

Me with da fattest bob marley blunt finna get high

I don't see how it's "fat." It is certainly the LONGEST blunt I've seen.

As sad as these photos are of young Glenn Smith, starting down the wrong path in life, almost certainly lacking sufficient parental supervision, there is an even sadder photo in the bunch:

This ultrasound photo, dated June 17, 2013, shows an unborn child Glenn Smith is claiming as his very own. In fact, Smith lists his status on Facebook as "married," though you know what JNS blog says:

SHOW ME THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.

With a child on the way, 19-year-old Glenn Smith is facing serious charges that could put him away for a number of years.

However, I also don't care for the word "nem" used in place of "them." It's very improper and sadly ignorant. On that point I agree with the commenter though I've rejected the comment.

Here is the Urban Dictionary link to "nem."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nem

Now then, you see how it works, rejected commenter? You can comment, you just have to keep the discussion elevated and worthwhile instead of throwing around racially derogatory terms in place of substantive and meaningful commentary. Try again, and this time pull your head out of your pale and pockmarked ass.

Scoota is not any of your concern. Let him rest, this world already have enough going on. If you can't solve his case then you don't need any information about him. You don't know him or the type of person he was and you are not going to judge him off some pictures...........

maybe johnny you should really research your black history and further more the history of black people from Chicago! And you will know exactly why these young adults are actin out in this manner! But making empty comments its not going to solve the problem. Its obvious in your comments you have some type of hatred against people from Chicago! I am not a Chicago native but I do read and research!